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便

Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 9
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pián, biàn, biān
Cantonese: bin6 pin4
JapaneseKun: TAYORI SUNAWACHI
JapaneseOn: BEN BIN
Korean: PHYEN PYEN
Vietnamese: tiện

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: convenience, ease; expedient

CE-Dict: advantageous/cheap

Soothill: Convenient, convenience; then, so; easy; cheap.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Tidings of the perfect Buddha-realm. (2) Very suitable, ideal, will do, advantageous. (3) A teaching of expedient means. (4) Rely on, have recourse to. (5) Immediately, readily, promptly, easily, comfortably.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.handy
2.ordinary
3.a function word similar to "thereupon"

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: convenient; handy

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: convenient; handy; informal; piss; shit

湘雅醫學專業詞典: suitable

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》便 安也。人有不便,更之。从人、更。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】 便
【廣韻】婢面切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】毗面切,𠀤音卞。順也,利也,宜也。【荀子·議兵篇】汝所謂便者,不便之便也。所謂仁義者,大便之便也。【前漢·趙充國傳】留屯田十二便。 又習也。【禮·表記】唯欲行之浮于名也。故自謂便人。【註】亦言其謙也。辟仁聖之名,云自便習於此事之人耳。 又安也。【前漢·武帝紀】便殿火。【註】凡言便殿,便宮,便坐者,所以就便安也。 又卽也,輒也。【莊子·達生篇】若乃夫沒人,則未嘗見舟。而便操之也。 又溲也。【前漢·張安世傳】郞有醉便殿上者,安世曰:何知非反水漿耶。 又【集韻】毗連切【正韻】蒲眠切,𠀤音駢。【爾雅·釋訓】便便,辨也。【論語】便便言。 又【韓詩】便便,閒雅貌。又肥滿貌。【後漢·邊韶傳】邊孝先,腹便便。 又便辟,足恭也。【書·囧命】便辟側媚。 又姓。漢有少府便樂成。 又通平。【書·堯典】平章百姓。【史記·五帝紀】作便。互詳平字註。 又叶毗賔切,音頻。【𨻰琳·車渠椀賦】玉爵不揮,欲厥珍兮。豈若陶梓,爲用便兮。 【說文】从更。从人,人有不便更之。

Buddhism words and phrases readily, promptly

CF-Dict: bon marché/avantage

Han-De-Dict: bequem (u.E.) (Adj)/vorteilhaft (u.E.) (Adj)